Word: nationale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In the end, even the most intrusive measures will not be foolproof: there is no verification catholicon. But perfect verification is as illusory as it is unnecessary. National security requires only that governments be able to detect militarily significant violations early enough so that they can do something about them...
Rescue agencies in Sioux City and surrounding Woodbury County had run through a drill two years ago in which a large plane was assumed to have crashed at the airport and 150 survivors needed immediate help. Even before Flight 232 was in sight, Dr. David Greco, heading the medical disaster...
Safety experts attributed the high survival rate most of all to the heroics of Captain Haynes in leveling off the DC-10 until the final seconds. "He belongs in the pilots' hall of fame," declared Joe Sullivan, a retired flight engineer for American Airlines. The landing gear, dropped by gravity...
ON THE ART OF FIXING A SHADOW: 150 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, National Gallery, Washington. The history of photography as art, assembled from public and private collections around the world. More than 400 original pictures representing 200 photographers. Among them: Louis Daguerre, Alfred Stieglitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans and Dorothea...
There, as in Vienna, Bloch had access to classified reports on the Soviet Union and sensitive cable traffic, as well as data on U.S. policy options and negotiating positions. Once in Washington, he was authorized, for example, to read the National Intelligence Daily, a compilation of intelligence reports. During a...